Magazine for fire arms



(Model.)

L. P. MSS..

MGAZINE POR FIRE ARMS.

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' f UNITED' STATES PMENT OFFICE.

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` oF SAME PLACE.

MAGAZINE FOR FIRE-ARMS.

Y `l1"ECIIIEICA'J.ION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,992,` dated August 26. 1884. A ppiicnunn tiled June 4.1854. .moin-l.)

To il whorwit may concern.;-

Be it known that I, LoUis P. Diss, ofgllion,

in the county of Herkimer. and State ot' New longitudinal vertical section; Fig. 3, a transverse section on the line u a: of Fig. 2. Fig 4 is'la longitudinal vertical section of a portion of themagazine.

"In constructing my improved magazine I make the box or body A as usual, and preferably with internal vertical ribs or guides, a and r, as shown, with a follower, C, having ears or projections to operate in`con'neetion with said guides, as described in a previous application pendingherewith. It has also the usual lips, d, at the rear end, to hold the heads of the cartridges fronrrising beyond a certain point, and iti may b`e made with its bottom open or closed, as may be preferred; but if open itshould have an inturned flange, o, along each side of the bottom, as shown in` Fig. 4.

Instead of the zigzag spring heretofore generallyused, I use a single flat spring, curved, as shown in Fig. 4. This spring is secured to vthe end wall of the box, preferably the front `wall, Vin'any suitable manner, by one of its ends, while its other end is left free to bear against the under side of the follower7 as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. In this case I have shown the end of the spring as being fastened to the box by inserting itthrough a transverse slit cut in the end wall near its top, and bending the end down and pressing it snugly down against the outside, as shown in Fig. 2. It is so secured in this case because of the fact that the detentb has its end c'passing through said slit, and the spring cannot pass up in front of said end 'c of the dctent, as it would interfere with its operation. It is, however, obvious that it might be secured by a rivet to the wall of the box below the slit, or in those cases where the detent is not used, or is locatedl at some other point. The end of the spring might be hooked over thetop edge of the box,

and be secured there in the same manner. The free end of the spring D is bent or curved, as shown, at its free end to form a rounded surface at the point of contact with the follower C when pressed down, as shown in Fig. 2, so as to permit of a free action and prevent the endiot' the spring from catching on the follower, as it might otherwise do. Y The spring C isso curved as to raise the follower to the extreme top or mouth of the box, and is-inade to-bear against the follower nearest its front end, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, whereby it 1nsures the keeping of the front end of the cartridges elevated, is necessary in this style of magazines. This style of spring may be used in all magazines ot' this class, but is preferabl y used in those which have the guides or vertical ribs r and a on their sides and have the follower C provided with ears or projections operating in connection with said ribs, as described in my pregious application, as by those means the follower is held in position, and is prevented from tipping up and becoining displaced. v Y

To retain the cartridges in the box when detached from the arm, I make use of a sliding spring-detent originally invented by Ros.- wellF. Cook,*but apply it differently. This detent is shown in each of the figures, and it. consists of a flat strip of metal, preferably ot steel ogequivalent spring metal, as indicated by b in the several gures. Its upper end, a, is bent so as' to incline inward, as sh own clearly in Figs. 2 and 4, and ithas a shoulder or projection, Z,` formed on its body at the proper point to be brought in contact with the stock or frame of the arm, or with some projection thereon, for the purpose of automatically moving it as the box is shoved into place when applied to the gun, and thereby release the cartridges. The upper inclined end, c, of this detent b is inserted through a transverse slot eut in the frontfwall of the box near its top,V as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, while itslower end is inserted through aloop, e, which is formed by cutting a couple of transverse' slits in the wall of the box and stamping the metal bey tween the slits outward, as shown more clearly its extreme upper end or point will rest against in Fig. 1. `When the detent ispushed downward, its point c is drawn out of the slot, and

the outer face of the box, as shown in Fig. 4,

p' when the cartridges can be inserted by pushing .their heads in under the lips d at the rear end and. holding their -front ends down until the box is lled, and then by sliding the detent 'b upward its inclined end c 4will pass through the slot and engage over the point of the uppermost cartridge, as shown in Fig. 2,

thereby fastening the cartridges securely in A pressure' or accidentally in any way, I till in the box. In order to prevent the inclined end o f th'e detent from being straightened out by "the angle or front corner of the box above the v slot through which the inclined portion of the detent slides by asolid beveled piece,- o, as

shown in Figs. 2 and 4. This not only forms I a support for the inclined end e ofthe detent,

. but it also serves as a guide for the end of the 1 detent as it is shoved in.

. Instead of ,making this piece or parto to extend across the ent-ire {front wall, it may be made in the forni of a small shoulder or ledge located in each corner and answer the same purpose, these shoulders 'of course being similarly inclined'.` By thus providing a support and guide for the inclined end of the detent, I am also enabled to make the latter thinner and more elasticand this enables it tobe more easily moved and to op crate in a very perfect and satisfactory man' ner. By locating the detent at the front end ofthe box,` instead of at the side, I avoid the necessity of cutting away the stock and metal .of the frame as much as would otherwise be necessary, and thus to that extent avoid wealcl ening the gun at that point; and this is an important consideration in a gun of that class or style with which these detachable magazines' are to be vused, because of the extent to which they have to be cut away to receive the mag' azine. Besides, it makes a most effectual lock for retaining the cartridges, as it engages with their extreme frontv endwhile n teir rear end is held firmly by the rigid lips l at the rear end of lthe'box.

A magazine constructed, as herein described,

with a,single spring, and with a follower provided with the means for guiding and controlling its movements, and with the elastic detent guided and lsupported as described, operates in most satisfactory manner."

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1 1. In combination with a cartridge box or magazine substantially such asdeseribed, thesingle curved spring D, having'one end secured to the box at or nearits top, wit-hits other or free end arranged to bear againstthe follower midway-between its ends, substantially as shown and described.

2. In combination with the detachable 1nagi a`zine orbox A, provided with the internal ribs, u. and r, the .follower C, provided with lat- A emily-projecting ears at its front and rear ends, and the coiled spring` D, havingV one end secured to the top of the box and its opposite end left free to operate on the follower, all

lbeing constructed and arranged to operate substantiallyas shown and described.

3. The sliding detent b, applied at the front v end of the box, and having its upper inclined end arranged to work through a slot, v, in said front wall of the box', substantially as s hown y 

